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> the original locals were swamped by immigrants from elsewhere. Not swamped. They first had up to 80% of their existing population eliminated by diseases that
by PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
> the original locals were swamped by immigrants from elsewhere.
Not swamped. They first had up to 80% of their existing population eliminated by diseases that early european explorers bought with them.
- yosito 4y agoIIRC it was likely more than 80% that were wiped out by disease, giving later European settlers the ability to promote the idea of the Americas as a largely unsettled wilderness scattered with savages, though just a couple decades before Native American civilizations had rivaled Europe.